Conveying apparatus.



J. F. CORRELL.

CONVEYING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 18, 1916. Patented M 11, 1917. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

J. F. CORRELL.

CONVEYING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN- 18. 191s.

Patented May 1, 1917.

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Application filed January 18, 1916.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JErrEnsoN F. CoRRELL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bucyrus, in the county of Crawford and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveying Apparatus; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to conveying apparatus and has for its primary object to provide means for carrying dirt and other material up out of excavations and depositing it in wagons or railway cars.

Another object is the provision of a conveying apparatus which may be manually operated or operated by motive power.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described,-

claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the conveying apparatus,

Fig. 2 represents a top plan view thereof, the car being removed,

Fig. 3 represents a transverse sectional view in the plane of the section line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 4 represents a fragmental detail sectional view in the plane of the section line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numerals 5 indicate a plurality of vertically disposed uprights, which are connected at their upper ends by the transverse and longitudinal connecting members 6 and 7, respectively. The longitudinal members 7 are arranged in line with and constitute continuations of the track rails 8, which latter are inclined forwardly and downwardly and are connected adjacent their upper rear ends by braces 9 in the adjacent uprights 5. The uprights 5 are supported-upon the level ground adjacent an excavation or pit and the lower extremities of the inclined track rails 8 are extended downwardly into and supported in the excavation. The upper extremities of the track rails 8 are connected with the front ends of the longitudinal connecting members or Specification of Letters Patent.

. 1s moved upwardly,

Patented May 1, 1217.

Serial No. 72,756.

horizontally disposed rails 7 by metallic connecting plates 10 and the track rails 8 are retained in spaced relation by the spacing elements 11.

A car, indicated generally by the numeral 12, is adapted to travel upon the track rails 7 and 8 and is provided with flanged supporting wheels 13 mounted upon the axles 14, which latter are secured adjacent the ends of the car frame 15. Side and end walls 16 and 17 are supported upon the frame 15.

Thebottom of the car is formed by two doors 18 hingedly secured at their outer longitudinal edges, as at 19, to the longitudinal members of the body frame 15. The inner portions of the doors 18 are supported in horizontal position by links 20 connected with the inner extremity of a locking lever 21 pivotally secured at 22 to a horizontally disposed beam 23 secured centrally above the sides 16 of the car. The outer extremity 24 of the lever constitutes a handle and is adapted to be engaged in a recess 25 formed in a plate 26 carried by one side 16 of the car to lock the inner extremity of the'lever in elevated position so as to retain the doors 18 closed. To release the lever the outer extremity 24 thereof is flexed so as to dis engage from the walls of the recess 25 and thereby permitting the doors 18 to swing downwardly to open position.

The car 12 is operated longitudinally of the track rails 7 and 8 by a cable 25 the opposite ends of whichare secured to eye bolts 26 carried by the front end of the car frame 15. The medial portion of the cable 25 is wound about a winding drum 27 journaled in the inclined track rails 8 and provided with a hand crank 28, whereby the winding drum may be manually operated. From the winding drum 27, one end of the cable 25 is extended downwardly and over the guide pulley 29 and upwardly to the car 12, while the opposite end of the cable is extended from the winding drum 27 upwardly over a guide pulley 30 sup ported between the front ends of the track rails? to the car 12.

By reference to Fig. 4, it is evident that the car 12, when moved by the cable 25 upon the horizontal track rails 7 is prevented from rolling rearwardly ofi" of the horizontal track rails by the arrangement of the guide pulley 30 at the front end of the track rails, which is so arranged as to draw the cable 25 taut and thus stop the movement of the car.

lVhat I claim is:

In a conveying apparatus, horizontally disposed track rails, means supporting said rails in an elevated position, inclined track rails connected with the front ends of the horizontal rails and extending forwardly and downwardly therefrom, a car adapted to travel upon said track rails, a winding drum, guide pulleys rotatably supported centrally between the front ends of the horizontal and inclined track rails, and a cable Copies of this patent may be obtained for coiled centrally about said Winding drum, n;

extending over said guide pulley and connected at its opposite ends to the front end of said car, whereby, when the front end of the car passes over the guide pulley supported by the horizontal track rails, the cable is drawn taut and the rearward movement of the car is automatically stopped.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JEFFERSON F. CORRELL. Witnesses:

L. C. FEIGHNER, RUTH PUGH.

five cents each, by addressing the Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

